1982 French Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 25 July 1982
Winner:	Rene Arnoux Renault
Pole position:	Rene Arnoux Renault
Fastest lap:	Riccardo Patrese Brabham-BMW
Circuit:	Paul Ricard, 54 laps
Round:	11 of 16

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Rene Arnoux	Renault	54	1hr 33m 33.217s	9
2		Alain Prost	Renault	54	+17.308s	6
3		Didier Pironi	Ferrari	54	+42.128s	4
4	+1	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	54	+1m 16.241s	3
5	+5	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	54	+1m 30.994s	2
6	+9	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	54	+1m 32.339s	1
7	+4	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
8	+1	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
9	-1	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	53	+1 lap
10	+13	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	53	+1 lap
11	+7	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford Cosworth	52	+2 laps
12	+12	Geoff Lees	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	52	+2 laps
13	+7	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	52	+2 laps
14	+2	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	51	+3 laps
15	-1	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	50	+4 laps
16	+3	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	49	+5 laps
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	25	DNF
R		Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	23	DNF
R		Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	17	DNF
R		John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	13	DNF
R		Jochen Mass	March-Ford Cosworth	10	DNF
R		Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	10	DNF
R		Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	8	DNF
R		Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford Cosworth	2	DNF
R		Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	0	DNF
R		Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	1:34.406
2	Alain Prost	Renault	1:34.688
3	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:35.790
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:35.811
5	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:35.905
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:36.359
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:37.573
8	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:37.705
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:37.778
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:37.780
11	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:38.767
12	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:38.944
13	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:39.118
14	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:39.306
15	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:39.330
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:39.605
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:39.909
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:39.917
19	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1:40.187
20	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:40.335
21	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:40.421
22	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:40.673
23	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.852
24	Geoff Lees	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:40.974
25	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:40.997
26	Jochen Mass	March-Ford Cosworth	1:41.579

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Rene Arnoux	Renault	1:34.406
2	Alain Prost	Renault	1:34.688	0.282
3	Didier Pironi	Ferrari	1:35.790	1.384
4	Riccardo Patrese	Brabham-BMW	1:35.811	1.405
5	Patrick Tambay	Ferrari	1:35.905	1.499
6	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW	1:36.359	1.953
7	Andrea de Cesaris	Alfa Romeo	1:37.573	3.167
8	Bruno Giacomelli	Alfa Romeo	1:37.705	3.299
9	Niki Lauda	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:37.778	3.372
10	Keke Rosberg	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:37.780	3.374
11	Derek Daly	Williams-Ford Cosworth	1:38.767	4.361
12	John Watson	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	1:38.944	4.538
13	Elio de Angelis	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:39.118	4.712
14	Derek Warwick	Toleman-Hart	1:39.306	4.900
15	Michele Alboreto	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:39.330	4.924
16	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	1:39.605	5.199
17	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Osella-Ford Cosworth	1:39.909	5.503
18	Manfred Winkelhock	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:39.917	5.511
19	Eddie Cheever	Ligier-Matra	1:40.187	5.781
20	Marc Surer	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:40.335	5.929
21	Teo Fabi	Toleman-Hart	1:40.421	6.015
22	Eliseo Salazar	ATS-Ford Cosworth	1:40.673	6.267
23	Brian Henton	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:40.852	6.446
24	Geoff Lees	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	1:40.974	6.568
25	Mauro Baldi	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	1:40.997	6.591
26	Jochen Mass	March-Ford Cosworth	1:41.579	7.173
Did not qualify
27	Jan Lammers	Theodore-Ford Cosworth	1:41.714	7.308
28	Roberto Guerrero	Ensign-Ford Cosworth	1:42.270	7.864
29	Chico Serra	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1:42.414	8.008
30	Raul Boesel	March-Ford Cosworth	1:43.099	8.693

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Didier Pironi	39
2	John Watson	30
3	Alain Prost	25
4	Niki Lauda	24
5	Keke Rosberg	23
6	Riccardo Patrese	19
7	Nelson Piquet	17
8	Rene Arnoux	13
9	Elio de Angelis	13
10	Michele Alboreto	11
11	Eddie Cheever	10
12	Nigel Mansell	7
=	Patrick Tambay	7
14	Derek Daly	7
15	Carlos Reutemann	6
=	Gilles Villeneuve	6
17	Andrea de Cesaris	5
18	Jean-Pierre Jarier	3
19	Manfred Winkelhock	2
=	Eliseo Salazar	2
=	Marc Surer	2
22	Chico Serra	1
=	Jacques Laffite	1
=	Mauro Baldi	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Ford Cosworth	54
2	Ferrari	52
3	Renault	38
4	Williams-Ford Cosworth	36
5	Lotus-Ford Cosworth	20
6	Brabham-Ford Cosworth	19
7	Brabham/BMW	17
8	Ligier-Matra	11
9	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	11
10	Alfa Romeo	5
11	ATS-Ford Cosworth	4
12	Osella-Ford Cosworth	3
13	Arrows-Ford Cosworth	3
14	Fittipaldi-Ford Cosworth	1

Statistics & Milestones

Last start

Driver: Geoff Lees, Jochen Mass, Didier Pironi

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Bruno Giacomelli

Wins

Driver: 3rd for Rene Arnoux

Constructor: 10th for Renault

Race 1-2

Constructor: 1st for Renault (17th different constructor to finish 1-2)

Podiums

Driver: 13th and last for Didier Pironi, 9th for Rene Arnoux & Alain Prost

Constructor: 268th for Ferrari, 19th & 20th for Renault

Poles

Driver: 14th for Rene Arnoux

Constructor: 25th for Renault

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 14th for Renault

Fastest laps

Driver: 2nd for Riccardo Patrese

Constructor: 31st for Brabham

Front row starts

Driver: 23rd for Rene Arnoux, 11th for Alain Prost

Points finishes

Driver: 29th and last for Didier Pironi

Pole & win

Driver: 1st for Rene Arnoux (34th different driver to win from pole, 4th French driver)

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Paul Ricard Circuit
• 1982 World Championship season